Bill Martino - The Hula Hula Boys

[paperbulletspress]

Love this! Warren Zevon is my favorite musician of all time, and I was lucky enough to see him live about 20 times. And now I'm learning the uke, so I'm so excited to see this--where would I find the uke chords for this? I must learn to play it! Thanks again, lovely tribute to Warren to have this being played (and the uke is almost Seussian--lovely!)

[WZflagsalute]

I think he'd be quite pleased,too.

[olsongirl5]

Love this song! Love how you do it!

[brenoobr]

so what do you call that? is it a soprano, bill? i really dont know anything about ukuleles... sadly, we don't have any in my country...

[NickandJamie]

I've got one of these, although mine is brown and light brown :)

[rclifford13]

hey bill, its rob here

this is a beautiful uke. although a bit...large?

[BillMartino]

You're not wrong, Rob, but that might be an advantage if I were to use it for busking. Can you imagine the damage it could do to a heckler?

[ReallyBigFatLarry]

Fantastic, really brightened up my week!

Thanks for keeping Zevon with us all.

[hoosierhiver]

Man,I've always wanted one of those.

[BeareTube]

Hey Bill, careful you don't poke someone's eye out with that thing! It sure is 'kooky' and sounds surprisingly good given its elongated, snakey attitude.

Mmmm, I like that song too, especially the chorus. And I just have to get me one of those ukulele shirts.

Thanks for posting!

;)

[BillMartino]

Hey there BeareTube! Thanks for the kind comments, and sorry it's taken me so long to reply.

I've just won a Singing Treholipee on eBay, so I might chuck a demo of that up here in the next few weeks.

Cheers,

Bill

[FleetwoodHack]

MY favorite Zevon song. Great job brother.

[BillMartino]

Thanks, FleetwoodHack, and I love your name.

[BillMartino]

Thanks! You mean they have Internet access in Heaven, or that other place? Given WZ's sense of humour, I guess he might've been pleased.

[wininboy]

Incredible. Sounds pretty good too, although it looks ridiculous.

Is that a Martin 3K and a Robert Armstrong painted uke in the background, though?

[BillMartino]

Martin 3K? I wish! It's only a Kiwaya replica of a Martin 3M, but it is a very nice uke. Robert Armstrong painted uke? If only! It's a crappy old plastic fingerboard Harmony that a friend of mine, Carmenza Jiménez, painted.

[wininboy]

I used to have one of those Harmony ukes too. Sounded surprisingly good!

btw, this uke looks 'ridiculous' in a 'cool' way. And with the orginal box to boot! Now I want one... I have some overcompensating to do myself.

You certainly know your way around a uke. Looking forward to hearing more.

[BillMartino]

That's exactly what appeals to me about the Polk-a-lay-lee (and those other 'kooky ukes', the Singing Treholipee etc), its ridiculous but cool appearance. It's a 'showstopper'.

[UKISOCIETY]

I think that uke is overcompensating! :)

Thanks for posting this! It sounds great!

[NinaCoq]

This sounds great, Bill.

[ukulelebros]

Cool!